The Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Constitution_(Forty-second_Amendment)_Act,_1976

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:addedDirectivePrinciple	Participation of workers in management Promotion of equal justice and free legal aid Protection and improvement of environment
gptkbp:addedFundamentalDuties	gptkb:Article_51A
gptkbp:addedPart	Part IVA
gptkbp:addedWordToPreamble	Socialist Secular Integrity
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Mini-Constitution
gptkbp:amendedBy	gptkb:Article_368 gptkb:Article_103 gptkb:Article_228 gptkb:Article_311 gptkb:Article_31C gptkb:Article_352 gptkb:Article_353 gptkb:Article_356 gptkb:Article_357 gptkb:Article_74 gptkb:Article_83 gptkb:Article_144 Article 366 Article 132 Article 226
gptkbp:articleInserted	gptkb:Article_39A gptkb:Article_43A gptkb:Article_48A
gptkbp:assentDate	18 December 1976
gptkbp:controversy	Widely criticized for undermining democracy
gptkbp:curtailedPowerOf	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India gptkb:High_Courts_of_India
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1976
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce	3 January 1977
gptkbp:extendedLokSabhaTerm	6 years
gptkbp:extendedStateLegislatureTerm	6 years
gptkbp:governmentInPower	gptkb:Indira_Gandhi_government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976
gptkbp:introduced	gptkb:H._R._Gokhale
gptkbp:numberOfFundamentalDutiesAdded	10
gptkbp:purpose	To reduce the power of judiciary and strengthen the central government
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent	gptkb:President_of_India
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:The_Constitution_(Forty-fourth_Amendment)_Act,_1978 gptkb:The_Constitution_(Forty-third_Amendment)_Act,_1977
gptkbp:restrictedJudicialReview	Yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:42nd_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India gptkb:42nd_Amendment_(1976)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5